Nation in Focus

February 19, 2013

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Betty Hale, left, stops by to ask why a 10-foot inflatable pig is on display outside the neighboring Wal-Mart on Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis, Tenn., Monday Feb. 18, 2013. Valerie Monismith, of Germantown, explained that supporters and members of the national animal rights organization Mercy For Animals were looking to draw attention to the store's practice of confining pigs in tiny crates. The organization is on it's 83th city of a nation-wide tour of the protest as a voice for animals.

Stan Carroll/Associated Press

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Betty Hale, left, stops by to ask why a 10-foot inflatable pig is on display outside the neighboring Wal-Mart on Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis, Tenn., Monday Feb. 18, 2013. Valerie Monismith, of Germantown, explained that supporters and members of the national animal rights organization Mercy For Animals were looking to draw attention to the store's practice of confining pigs in tiny crates. The organization is on it's 83th city of a nation-wide tour of the protest as a voice for animals.